Diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Objective: To analyze the clinical features of hemodialysis patients complicated by infective endo carditis.

Methods: The clinical features of six such patients admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital during the year 1990 to 2009 were analyzed. All of them were diagnosed based on Chinese Children Diagnostic Criteria for Infective Endocarditis.